CAMPAIGN CLOSED

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 242, 12 October 1929, Page 9

CAMPAIGN CLOSED

. FEDERAL ELECTIONS. '. Most Bitter Political Battle On .Record., BOTH LEADERS CONFIDENT. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) SYDNEY, October 11. The Federal election campaign, which is described as having , been one of the most bitter on record, closed this evening to the accompaniment of noise > and frenzy. The roar of the political battle was heard, most loudly in North Sydney where Mr. W. M. Hughes has fought the hardest campaign of his career, and 'at Wentworth where. Mr.W. M. Marks has been fighting strenuously. Sir Littleton Groom, Speaker of .the late House of Representatives, is expected to have a close call at Darling Downs, Queensland. Mr. G. A. Maxwell, however, is regarded as safe. ;for reelection at Fawkne'r, Victoria." • Mr. Bruce, Leader of the Nationalist party,.arid Mr. J. H. Scullin, Leader:of the Labour party, expect to secure working majorities. A section of_ the Press, however, expresses the opinion , that neither party will .achieve a . decent majority and that probably the election will culminate in a stalemate. The belief is; expressed that if Mr. Bruce loses ground at all it will be in New South Wales and Tasmania. . Polling will take place to-morrow from 8 a.m. till-8 p.m. s